Ruth Batista Bezerra Fagundes

Biographic Data

ID7875640
NAMERuth Batista Bezerra Fagundes
GIVEN NAMESRuth Batista Bezerra
FAMILY NAMEFagundes
SIGNATUREFAGUNDES R B B
AFFILIATIONSUniversidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte
ORCID0000-0002-6315-5419
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS2
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR2
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Visual Acuity Thresholds in Preterm Newborns

    Open AccessRuth Batista Bezerra Fagundes, Pedro Ykaro Fialho Silva et al.ARTICLEChildren2024

    Purpose: Visual acuity plays a role in mediating neurological development in infants by enabling the differentiation of shapes and discriminating objects. Given the rapid structural development of the brain in the first days of life, this aspect is particularly significant for preterm infants, who typically experience this developmental phase while hospitalized in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Therefore, this study aimed to assess visu…

  • Screening for Autism Spectrum Disorder in Premature Subjects Hospitalized in a Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

    Open AccessNorrara Scarlytt de Oliveira Holanda, Lidiane Delgado Oliveira da Costa et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Considering that the average age for diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) is 4-5 years, testing screening methods for ASD risk in early infancy is a public health priority. This study aims to identify the risks for development of ASD in children born prematurely and hospitalized in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and explore the association with pre-, peri- and postnatal factors. Methods : The children's families were contacted by te…